Because Madonna.

[elisi]

From The Guardian:

Madonna is superhuman. She has to be to survive the ugly abuse

This led me to:

Madonna acts just like a serious male artist would – and people hate her for it.

And a bonus link, from The Toast:

The Ideal Woman.

Comments

[eve11]

In that Toast link, the one with the red hat and green velvet draped halfway over her looks remarkably like River Song. I . . . think I need fic.

[elisi]

You might be onto something... And fic is obviously the answer! :)

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Madonna really is amazing <3

[elisi]

Trufax.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

I've hated Madonna since about 1984; does that give me a by? The root of the hatred is that one album that my sister bought (on cassette!) and played over and over and over and over...

The one good thing about Madonna is that my parents felt the same way, and we both got walkmen-- with headphones!-- for christmas that year!

[elisi]

You may hate that album (which one was it btw? Am curious - I know her early stuff v. well), but you may not hate Madonna the phenomenon, as she is awesome and we need her.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Bless Madonna. May she always show the world where the boundary does NOT lie...

Fabulous, strong, talented woman who is the consumate professional in all the best ways.

*HUGS*

[elisi]

Absolutely. There's a lot of Madonna in River Song, I'm sure. :)

[promethia_tenk]

YES.

[promethia_tenk]

In other news, the line about the scarf in the Toast link had me cracking up: 'There are two kinds of scarves . . .'

ETA: yes, my default icon is still Christmas!Twelve. There's a commentary for you. *headdesk*

[elisi]

Maybe the scarf-lady was a Time lady...

And yeah, me too. Brain not functioning re, meta. (Brain functioning re. writing original stuff, but that's different.) Had the incredibly obvious insight (thanks to Tumblr) that both River & the Doctor have used up all their regenerations. Which might lend a slightly different context to Eleven's decision to quit after all his Ponds die? He's old and tired and his family/those he loves are gone. What does he have to live for? And then Clara comes along and shows him that he doesn't have to just sit around waiting to die of old age. And I think that in that case it's important that she's a mystery - she something intriguing enough for him to get up & investigate.

(Must go, but am now pondering the shift from Eleven to Twelve and Clara's role... Will be back.)

ETA: Trenzalore is sort of like retirement? Yes he still fights, but he's in one place and is not running around.

[elisi]

Indeed.

[sea_thoughts]

I am so glad Madonna is still around.

[elisi]

Me too! ♥

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

To kick-ass ladies. *hugs* And, for that last link, to stunning art!

[elisi]

*hugs back*

To kickass ladies indeed!